About Hobsons Bay

Located just 15 minutes west of Melbourne’s CBD, Hobsons Bay is a great place to spend a day, weekend or even a week. The tourism offering here is diverse, ranging from a vibrant retail and hospitality offering to experiences and assets around culture, coast, open space and heritage.

Hobsons Bay includes the main centres of Altona, Williamstown and Spotswood as well as a variety of suburban townships offering a unique combination of heritage, multiculturalism, eateries, boutique shopping outlets and urban Melbourne culture.

Visitors can get to Hobsons Bay by ferry, boat, seaplane, bicycle and a river crossing punt as well as train, bus and car.